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1876–2024
Tyler County, West Virginia
Tyler County·West Virginia

Tyler County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of West Virginia's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Tyler County, West Virginia · Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,064
2024 ACS
Most similar
Iberia Parish
LA · similarity 0.99
10 precincts · 3,617 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.4%
5542,9913,617
2020R
−66.1%
6313,2263,923
2016R
−67.4%
5072,9963,692
2012R
−43.3%
8902,3143,285
2008R
−31.4%
1,2412,4153,741
2004R
−32.9%
1,4012,7984,245
2000R
−34.8%
1,2142,5823,928
1996D
+26.1%
1,4597342,780
1992R
−0.1%
1,5871,5934,203
1988R
−22.3%
1,5012,3653,874
1984R
−38.8%
1,3953,1704,575
1980R
−28.0%
1,4822,7074,382
1976R
−16.1%
1,8172,5144,331
1972R
−49.9%
1,1253,3624,487
1968R
−34.7%
1,3242,8974,534
1964R
−5.1%
2,2752,5224,797
1960R
−38.8%
1,5583,5375,095
1956R
−47.2%
1,3183,6714,989
1952R
−39.2%
1,5233,4885,011
1948R
−33.3%
1,5793,1604,753
1944R
−41.2%
1,4283,4294,857
1940R
−36.5%
2,0264,3546,380
1936R
−23.2%
2,5094,0316,559
1932R
−18.0%
2,5823,7346,390
1928R
−41.4%
1,5913,8815,533
1924R
−22.7%
2,1373,4255,672
1920R
−34.3%
1,7623,6545,509
1916R
−17.1%
1,3361,9003,304
1912D
+15.2%
1,1937063,198
1908R
−20.8%
1,3552,1133,650
1904R
−25.2%
1,3322,3083,868
1900D
+15.6%
2,5141,8314,380
1896R
−14.8%
1,7992,4304,258
1892R
−13.1%
1,1061,4492,624
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Methodist
10.4%
Other Christian
9.9%
Baptist
7.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tyler County, a rural oil-and-gas corridor along the Little Kanawha River, recorded an R+67.4 presidential margin in 2024 — among the steepest in a state that has shifted sharply rightward over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Tyler County reached its widest at sixty-seven points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Tyler County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,693, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,064 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Iberia Parish and Bourbon County.